He is opening an interactive music museum, the Experience Music Project, in Seattle on 23 June.

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He has also built the Experience Music Project and the Sci-Fi Museum, two of the great monuments to an American adolescence.

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Originally a museum dedicated to Seattle native Jimi Hendrix, the Experience Music Project now has all kinds of rock memorabilia and loads of interactive exhibitions.

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He is founder of The Allen Institute for Brain Science, a foundation dedicated to research on brain functions and the Experience Music Project a music museum in Seattle and the Paul G.

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Among the most powerful buildings are the Experience Music Project in Seattle, built for Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen, which features a series of brightly coloured pavilions with a monorail running through the centre.

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Allen had big dreams for his Experience Music Project, the Seattle rock 'n' roll museum that opened in June.

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We also stop by Seattle's Experience Music Project, where we speak to curator Jacob McMurray about the role technology has created in building a better music museum.

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